Playing on the left
of midfield, Andros Townsend has made a big impression
in the Academy team and with the England Under-16 side,
progressing to the senior Spurs and England teams.

Born in Walthamstow at
Whipps Cross Hospital, Andros went to Rush Croft Sports
College, where he was part of the side that won the
London Cup.

He has the ability to
work on both flanks with good skill to go around
players, using his pace or a trick or two. Had a
regular place in the Tottenham Under-18 Academy side in
2006-07 and won five England caps at Under-16 level,
including a place in the side that faced Spain in a
friendly at the new Wembley Stadium in April 2007.

After starring for the
Youth team in their run to the FA Youth Cup quarter
finals, he went on loan to Yeovil Town until the end of
the season, where he was well respected.

The following season saw
him loaned out once more to gain more experience with
Leyton Orient, but an injury saw him return to Spurs and
he was among the players who played in pre-season
matches ahead of the 2010-11 season. Still keen
for Andros to get first team action, the club put him
out on loan again and he started the 2010-11 season at
Ipswich Town, where he was well-liked by the fans and
did well under Roy Keane. Returning to White Hart
Lane in January 2011, Townsend found himself in the
first team for the FA Cup Third Round tie against
Charlton Athletic and he netted the first goal of the
game in a confident debut. Shortly after he left
to join Watford on loan for the rest of the 2010-11
season, but made only three appearances before the
Championship side decided that the move was not working
for either party. However, Andros went out again
to get more experience with a loan to Millwall in March
2011.

Was a member
of the Spurs Europa League squad in 2011 and played in
most of the games, scoring in the final group match at
Shamrock Rovers, but with the club exiting the
competition, he was loaned out to Leeds United in
January 2012 for more first team experience.
Despite featuring in seven games and scoring in one, the
winger could not settle there and with a new manager
taking over, he returned to Tottenham, where he was
immediately shipped out to Birmingham City (under the
management of Chris Hughton) for the remainder of the
season on another loan deal.

Back at Spurs, Andros got a
look in now and again in the league as well as the cups
in 2012-13, but in January, he was head-hunted on loan
by former Spurs boss Harry Redknapp, then at QPR.
Gained confidence, despite playing in a team bound for
the Championship, but came in for criticism when he was
banned for three months by the FA for gambling while at
Loftus Road, causing him to miss the European Under-21
Championships with England.

However, on his return to
White Hart Lane, he seized on an early season injury to
Aaron Lennon to put in some sparkling performances in
the Tottenham team and earned his first England senior
cap at Wembley against Montenegro, scoring the third
goal with a right foot drive from 25 yards in a 4-1
World Cup qualifying victory.

Despite his performances for
his country, he failed to reproduce that level for
Tottenham and dropped out of contention for a first team
place because of that and a post match argument on the
White Hart Lane pitch with fitness coach Nathan
Gardiner. After that, he did not appear for the
Spurs first team again, only gaining a place on the
bench and then turning out for the Under-21 team before
he was transferred for a free of around GBP12 million to
struggling Newcastle United in the January 2016 transfer
window.